"When the accident happened inside that room, he was fighting from the time it happened, before the ambulance got here, he was still fighting," says his father.

Malachi later died at Grady Memorial Hospital.

According to website TMZ, Shaq heard the news of his death and told the family, who didn't have insurance for Malachi, that he'd pay for the cost of his burial. O'Neal has paid for the funerals of several people whose families were unable to afford them.

His funeral will be held on Saturday, April 22 at 11 a.m. at Living Faith Tabernacle in Forest Park.

Your health insurance is at stake as lawmakers try again to pass a new health care bill. The bill would end both Medicaid expansion under Obamacare and subsidies for consumers. It would instead direct that money to the states to use on health care.

Your health insurance is at stake as lawmakers try again to pass a new health care bill. The bill would end both Medicaid expansion under Obamacare and subsidies for consumers. It would instead direct that money to the states to use on health care.